LiDAR and Terrain ServicesIAGT offers a variety of LiDAR and terrain analysis services. To include FEMA compliant independent collection QA/QC and
derived product development. IAGT has also pioneered options for freely available three dimensional viewing options for LIDAR
and airphoto collections that offer an inexpensive and truly unique solution to making LiDAR data accessible to a large audience.
For more information about IAGT’s LiDAR and Terrain Services, please visit our Terrain Products page.

Human Resources

Student Work Cooperative:
Internships for Students

Overview

An internship in IAGT's Work Cooperative Program is a part-time
paid position available to qualified students who seek to supplement
their educational programs with practical work experience.

Interns work side by side with experts who use geospatial technologies
to help solve real world problems. Working under IAGT staff supervision,
interns provide technical support for IAGT's projects and
staff by receiving training in and applying:

Intern Sid Cuff guides GIS
Campers through a lesson on the global positioning
system. The middle school students are given a chance
to use GPS units to hunt for treasures.

Geographic Information Systems

Global Positioning System, and

Remote Sensing Technologies

Qualifications

To be considered for an internship, students must have a basic
understanding of computer applications and have an interest in
geographic information technologies. During the spring and fall
semesters, preference is given to students enrolled in the Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) associate's degree program at
Cayuga Community College. During the summer months, in addition
to Cayuga
student candidates, internships may be awarded to high school through
post-graduate level students seeking to gain practical experience
in applying geographic information technologies.

Work Schedule

Positions with the Work Cooperative Program are semester-based
and run approximately according to the following schedule:

Fall: September through January
Spring: January through May
Summer: May through August

Interns are paid hourly, and work no more than 20 hours per week
during the spring and fall semesters. Summer internships typically
involve more work hours per week. All work hours are determined
by mutual agreement between the intern and IAGT.

Work Assignments

A sampling of internship assignments may include working on projects
such as:

Geo-registering, geo-rectifying, and mosaicking Farm
Service Agency photography into a project used as a reference
data set for land cover mapping in Cayuga County

Assisting with
the national Conference on Remote Sensing Education, hosted by
IAGT

Assisting with educational activities, such as "GIS
Summer Camp" for middle school students

Crime mapping for
the Cayuga County Sheriff's Department

Trail mapping of
the Finger Lakes Trail

Data and information gathering for the Cao
Hai Watershed in China

How to Apply

To be considered, students must download an employment
application (79k
PDF) and return the completed document along with the following: